Hate Crime APPG

First Registered: 31/01/2018 • Last updated on: 22/02/2023

Note: This APPG was last registered on 22nd February 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct.

To explore the challenges and impacts of all forms of hate crime and help develop and seek implementation of effective public policy to combat all forms of hate crime.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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Former APPG Officers
Sarah Owen Portrait
Sarah Owen
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Luton North
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Brain Tumours , British Muslims , Pakistan

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Dentistry and Oral Health , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma

No other APPG Memberships

Kirsten Oswald Portrait
Kirsten Oswald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for East Renfrewshire
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Elliot Colburn
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Carshalton and Wallington
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Sheikh
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Marsha De Cordova
Vice Chair
Labour - Battersea
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
5 APPG Officer Positions
Christians in Parliament , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Football , Jamaica , Tennis

No other APPG Memberships

Afzal Khan Portrait
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
5 APPG Officer Positions
Bahrain , British Muslims , Greater Manchester , Pakistan , Parks and Green Spaces

No other APPG Memberships

Paula Sherriff Portrait
Paula Sherriff
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Dewsbury
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Eleanor Smith Portrait
Eleanor Smith
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Wolverhampton South West
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Preet Kaur Gill Portrait
Preet Kaur Gill
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham Edgbaston
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Caroline Lucas Portrait
Caroline Lucas
Officer
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Portrait
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Officer
Labour - Slough
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 27th March 2019
3 APPG Officer Positions
Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , South East , Western Rail Link to Heathrow

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Portrait
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Louise Haigh Portrait
Louise Haigh
Officer
Labour - Sheffield Heeley
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Martyn Day Portrait
Martyn Day
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sarah Owen MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8409.

Email: sarah.owen.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Iman Atta, Faith Matters. Tel: 020 7935 5573

Email: info@appghatecrime.org

Group's Website:

http://appghatecrime.org/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Hate Crime APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Hate Crime APPG